Table of Contents
A Word About your Student Reader
Acknowledgements and Thanks
About the Authors
1. A Time for Every Purpose under the Heaven: What is "Jewish Time?"
2. Introducing the Jewish Calendar
3. Rosh HaShannah
4. Yom Kippur
5. Sukkot
6. Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
7. Jewish Reminders and Symbols
8. Beit HaKnesset (Synagogue)
9. Berakhot (Blessings)
10. Tefillah (Prayer) and Tzedakah (Charity)
11. Shabbat and Its Messages
12. Shabbat and Its Observance
13. Laws and Customs of Kosher Observance
14. Chanukah
15. Purim
16. Tu BiShevat
17. Birth and Berit
18. Bar and Bat Mitzvah
19. Marriage
20. Divorce
21. Mikveh
22. Rituals of Death and Burial
23. Rituals of Mourning
24. Conversion and Adoption
25. Pesach (Passover)
26. The Pesach Seder
27. Yom HaShoah and Tishah B'Av
28. Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzma'ut
29. Shav'uot
30. Reflecting on the Rhythms of Jewish Life
Supplemental Materials
The Library of Jewish Textual Heritage
Timelines - Ancient, Medieval, Modern Per
Reference Materials
Glossary of Key Terms and Key Names
Major Milestones of Jewish Literary His
Guide to Classical Jewish Texts
Style and Transliteration Guide